#35: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Mi2cover.jpg http://www.worldofmi.com/images/categories/3/screen03.gif Developer:LucasArts Publisher:LucasArts Original format:PC DOS Highest position:#6, upt0eleven
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't choose between that and the first one
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Arkanoid...it was in the lower tiers of my ballot, and once again it's a game that really stands for a small but delightful genre, Breakout clones. The obscure Blockbuster for C64 was possibly a little more robust and varied, but Arkanoid nails down the formula - you bust bricks, and also you occasionally get some power-ups to make things easier (or harder for that matter). It also may have originated the brutal twist where the ball keeps getting faster and faster, which is hard, but also makes you gradually feel like an IN THE ZONE badass, ONE WITH THE GAME as you intercept the ball at seemingly impossible speeds.
Monkey Island 2, I'll refrain from comment since I assume the first one will show up eventually...
The first Zelda was great...cool sounds, difficult in a way that was never really cheap...you could, slowly, make progress in the thing even if you weren't born to game. It didn't show up in my ballot - I think I figured that Link to the Past was basically the same game but better across the board.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
#34: Sensible Soccer series (1992-1998) http://www.atari-shop.nl/jaguarusedgames/sensiblesoccer.jpg http://amiga.nostalgie.free.fr/disk/simulation/screenshots/sensible.jpg Developer:Sensible Software Publisher:Sensible Software Original format:Commodore Amiga Highest position:#1, blueski
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
^had that as my #2 game. Just... amazing, I don't think a game has ever _played_ as well as it.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Damn, I've gotta head up to lol campus and do work for most of the afternoon. I'll be looking forward to seeing the rest of the list when I get back home though.
― Z S, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
ha i hate football and even i liked sensible soccer
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
* Sensible Soccer spawned several clones, amongst them Croteam's Football Glory, for which they were sued by Sensible Software. The game's Croatian programmer claimed to have never seen, let alone played, Sensible Soccer. * The graphic style of the game was used in other Sensible Software games, such as Mega Lo Mania, Cannon Fodder and Sensible Golf. * One Christmas, a free Sensible Software minigame was included on an Amiga Format cover disk. Called Cannon Soccer, it was essentially two bonus levels of Cannon Fodder (one of Sensible Software's other titles) in which the soldiers fought hordes of Sensible Soccer players in a snowy landscape. * On the Amiga Power Coverdisk 21 one of the demos was "Sensible Soccer Meets Bulldog Blighty". This featured a mode of play that involved replacing players with soldiers from Cannon Fodder, and the ball with a hand grenade. The grenade would randomly begin to flash eventually exploding, killing any nearby players. * Sensible World of Moon Soccer a free covermount disk included with an issue of Amiga Action magazine in the UK,play as Moon united. featured low gravity, a cratered pitch and hordes of alien players to trade.[5] * The developers released a humorous spin-off called unSensible Soccer which consisted of apples vs oranges instead of men. It was released as a free covermount disk with some magazines at the time. * SWOS 1996 received a score of 96% from Amiga Power, the highest mark given for any game in their 65-issue run. * Sensible World of Soccer (1994) received recognition as one of the Ten Most Important Video Games of All Time by the History of Science and Technology Collections at Stanford University. * The game was almost published by Virgin Games, but they insisted on it being called Virgin Soccer.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
SS/SWOS brilliance includes the 'inertia balance' and sense of weight of players, more sluggish than early FIFA (and Kick Off obv) but as with Mario it just felt totally right (actually it was still all too fast for my liking, unless you played a Div 2 game or India vs Malaysia etc.)
In SWOS manager mode i took Wycombe into the top flight and UEFA Cup, won the treble with Real Madrid and then lead England to a World Cup with a Robbie Fowler header against Germany in the final. Greatest game experience ever.
― blueski, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
#33: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/ZeldaOoTbox.png http://www.igniq.com/images/zelda_online_ocarina_of_time_170805.jpg Developer:Nintendo EAD Publisher:Nintendo Original format:Nintendo 64 Highest position:#5, KenC
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Still really really want them to release the new version for Vista so I can play people online xp
― blueski, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ocarina of time higher than the original: all credibility lost
― jhøshea, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
So much Zelda. I've never played any, and don't have any particular burning desire to do so. What's so good about these games, guys?
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
didn't it get 10 out of 10 in EDGE?
― blueski, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I do like ocarinas, mind you.
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.concertflute.com/images/OcarinaMakerDiagram001.jpg
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
The N64 Zeldas are totally cool though! Majora's Mask blows this one away though, with the sheer density of sub-quests and things to do. Ocarina feels quite sparse in comparison.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:04 (sixteen years ago) link
ding ding ding
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
only one that has any sort of claim to place higher than the original is the snes one - i feel like theyve really lost the plot w/this series - anyone play the last one omg so baaaad
mario on the other hand just keeps rolling
― jhøshea, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
What's cool about Zelda = consistently one of the best syntheses in gaming between "action" and "puzzle" gaming, with an "adventure" format to help differentiate things, ie you get to do exploration and also you acquire equipment along the way that introduces new kinds of puzzles.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago) link
most retarded kotaku post ever: http://kotaku.com/gaming/ocarina/ocarinas-not-just-for-link-any-more-256174.php
― abanana, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
#32: Madden NFL series (1988-) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/John_madden_football.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Madden06Screen.jpg Developer:Electronic Arts Tiburon Publisher:EA Sports Original format:Commodore 64 Highest position:#4, Euler
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
abanana, it is even more retarded because I'm fairly sure that shape isn't the most common shape of ocarina at all.
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The cover of John Madden Football looks like a Rodney Dangerfield movie.
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Can anyone tell that I'm procrastinating furiously?
Oh god, kill me now.
― emil.y, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
american football is the crappest sport ever
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
even worse than curling
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
ha u know nothing abt football or curling
― jhøshea, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:30 (sixteen years ago) link
emil.y stop procrastinating. 11 days left!
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i know less than nothing and am quite content to keep it that way
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i know nothing abt this game except that i hate it!
― jhøshea, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm retracting my support of returning ILX to DG.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
me and my big mouth
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
come on britishes back me up here, am i right or am i right?
― DG, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder if Fallout is going to show up?
Let's speculate as to the #1:
Super Metroid Super Mario World Mario 3
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
#31: Half-Life (1998) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Half-Life_Cover_Art.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Halflife_ingame.jpg Developer:Valve Software Publisher:Sierra Studios Original format:PC Windows Highest position:#3, caek
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
this some weak trolling homes
― jhøshea, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
This game bored me to tears.
― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
American football is fucking great; speaking as someone too scrawny and anti-social to play it on a team at any point in my life. Soccer is a horrible communist abomination.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Raw Patrick, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Has it been 10 years since Half Life? Daaaaaaaaamn. I remember playing Counter Strike at my first office job.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Half-Life cover character = nerdiest looking 'hero' ever?
― blueski, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Soccer is a horrible communist abomination.
-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 4 May 2008 18:36 (21 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
Not getting into this argument, but American sports are based around the draft system, which seems to me to be the only currently existing example of full-scale Marxism in the Western world. Football, on the other hand, is straight-up capitalism: the team who has the richest Russian oil magnate/Italian media mogul/faceless Saudi investment group bankrolling it wins the most trophies.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I have an anthology of MEGA reviews from like 1995, this UK sega mag reviewing every genesis game, and they give madden 93 and 94 the second highest scores of *anything* (Sonic 2 is top). And the whole review they're apologizing, saying look, they don't even know the rules of the stupid sport, but this is amazing.
Also Madden 2008 on PS2 with the insane league where you fight invisible icemen and then DEVILS IN HELL = late flowering.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Tin Pan Alley Tetrapaks 47 Upper Roarington Silly Nannies 6
― blueski, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Sports games that have wacky side-shit like that are the best. FIFA has never been better than when you could play IN THE 1930S, with the players all Brylcreamed up and with a sepia tiny camera shot.
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― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Seriously whatever you think of american football, those early-mid nineties madden games have as pixel-perfect a sense of inertia as Sensible Soccer does.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Aren't Madden games more "tactical" than "smooth" though, presumably like EA Rugby?
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely a huge part of its success! You play as a rogue nerd whose nerdy place of employment suddenly becomes exciting and intense and YOU SAVE THE DAY!
re: #1, I still think Tetris has a huge shot at it, with SMB3, Civ, and the usual RPG suspects also being contenders.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 May 2008 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link